What special skills do you have?

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Sometimes talking to people from here I've discovered some remarkable interests and abilities. So I thought, why not a thread where people who want to can talk about their particular abilities and interests, large and small.

• I have double jointed thumbs. If I click them really quickly I can make them look like they're doing the hula dance!- I am good with numbers and 3D spacial visualisation, 99th percentile in the country apparently. - I can invent things that work, altho I've never built or finished an idea. - I can draw, sometimes well, sometimes not quite. - I can speak Irish, and a bit of rough Scottish Gaelic. - I can count to 10 in seven languages. - I can run faster than anyone I have ever ran with, but I'm not great over long distances. - I can jump longer distances than anyone I've competed against. - I can make anyone hit me out of anger without ever having to touch them first (doesn't work online tho). - I can do a front handspring.- I can walk for hours without getting tired or without needing to communicate with anyone but myself. - I can quote atleast one line from almost every episode of The Simpsons, and thats not counting "D'oh!". - I can watch Art-House and Indie movies and enjoy them for what they are. - I can almost cry when watching movies. - I can listen to Damien Rice over and over for hours and never get bored, and the same with Joanna Newsom.- I have no fear of consequences. The only thing holding me back are my own sense of morality, and guilt.

I can wiggle my ears and nose.

I can cross just one eye.

I can pick stuff up with my toes.

I can draw pretty well.

The end.

the thing about your fingers is funny bob, haha.

Well...-I can do a front handspring. -I can make my breast jump like men do their pectoral muscles. -I like to collect Time magazines.-I love the Red Sox and the Cardinals.-I always have to have chap stick with me--at all times-I have a mild form of OCD.I think that's it for now.

I uhhhh well I can... no no I cant. I do !...FUCK.I used to be able to talk my way into a girls panties in one date..or less but that talent was because I could home in on the ones that had lesser morals and no self esteem adn jsut wanted to be held. Sometimes it took me less than 20 minutes to boff them against the back wall of a local area resturant that Id met them in minute before, and sometimes Id hump them in the bathroom.aside from that, and Im not longer allowed to use or develope that talent, I guess Im pretty worthless and untalented.Iv been known to do damned near NEAR anything on a dare, and more so if cash is involved. does that count?Iv thrown dynos at the gym thta made people shit and children drop thier jaws in complete awe. I mostly did that though so that when I came off a climb I could have a crowd and hit on the girls Id picked out formteh top jsut before I jumped off to the crash pad. Iv never turned when playing chicken, I dont know if thats talent or stupdity. uhnnmmmmmmmm. Iv been told Im a great lay, that a daned fine talent I think.I find myself to be fucking hilarious, but not everyone will agree with that, particularly those people I offend by being so damned cute and funny.I cant sing I cant dance, my stick figure drawings need an explanation so that people can tell what they are so my art ability is nil.I can shoot fucking anything. if its the size of a dollar bill I can shoot the bastard with out sights from with in 20 feet. Iv made shots marked at 424 yards on a target the size of a paper plate. Im good to have on yourside in a bar fight and there was a time a few years backI could outsmoke anyone on the planet when it came to chronic.OH OH OH EDIT:I have very few morals and far as I can tell no sense of guilt.at one time I was the best at jacking cars, or motorcycles, and developed my own methods for robbing houses.I am now however a retired profesional criminal. and I knwo enough about the uses and construction of explosives to blow te shit out of damned near anything while nto getting myself or any uhhh uninetended victems Angel also told me that Im brilliantly cruel and have the talent to go out of my way to be so.Or uhhmm something like that, I sorta paraphrased there but thats what she meant.and no need to point out that my typing is more like typoing and my spelling is horrid, while these are talents I think they go against what the thread is about.

im good at art i can paint draw spray paint well and i mean it

Originally Posted By: Grvtykllrand I knwo enough about the uses and construction of explosives to blow te shit out of damned near anything while nto getting myself or any uhhh uninetended victems Ah now don't say that! You'll get the attention of U.S. spybots and then they'll figure out our plan to have a member of A2A give G.W. a blowjob!

Im pretty sure they know bobbo since I got my training in explosives by the United Staes Department of Defense.Im pretty sure they already know that I knwo a great deal about explosives, they paid me fora few years to blow shit up, it was a great time, you have no idea how much I miss that job. I was happy everyday I went to work, sometimes I worked 7 days aweek for months on end, atleast 10 hours a day and sometimes 12. Id of worked more if they had let me. I worked with some good people. I had a great time at work, and I enjoyed nearly every damned minute of it, every minute aside from fighting upper managment over bullshit decisions that affected my saftey and that of others, aside from them breaking DoD policy and then complaining because I wrote them up adn turned it in, and of course dealing with idiots from all 4 branches of service who thaught they knew shit but in reality didnt know dick and were unwilling to sign off on thier stocks when it came down to it being thier ass on the line because of a waiver instead of one of ours for doing shit we knew was illegal, and of course trainign new people, Fuck I hated to train new people !

teehee, i can make my boobs dance too XD

I'm really good at catching things flying through the air (football, falling vases, flying insects), but curiously, only so-so at catching baseballs.I was a very good sprinter over short distances, and totally kicked butt at the standing broad jump in 9th grade...and won the Presidential Physical Fitness award ("signed" by Gerald R. Ford, who just died recently). I was good at getting the soccer ball down the field (but not so good at scoring goals).At one time I was able to shoot baskets well from anywhere near the hoop (but now I couldn't hit the side of a barn).I can bend my right thumb down to my wrist.I could write very efficient wide-word folded microcode, for things like digital filters and video applications.If someone has a malady, I can often make a good guess what's ailing them.I can work well with difficult people (if they're talented).I'm a good drunk on the rare occasions that I get drunk.I can be really anal retentive about mechanical stuff (like computer programs and carpentry). That can be good (the programs function reliably) or bad (the carpenter wants to strangle me).I can raise my right eyebrow without raising the left one, like Darrin (at least the first one) on Bewitched.I can get into very aggressive confrontations with people, without anyone hitting anyone else.I get along well with kids. I talk to them as if they have a brain, which they appreciate.As long as I have something to start with, I can have a conversation with pretty much anybody, even if their English is not very good.I do pretty well when I play along with Jeopardy (and Trivial Pursuit). Even in French. I know many weird and useless facts.I am the best me on the planet.

I had an epiphany after 8th grade and got into shape. In high school they didn't do the Physical Fitness stuff any more...too bad.I can also repair multi-layer circuit boards, and tonight I was able to successfully explain to someone how blood type matching for transfusions works.I relate well to dogs and cats.

THe only skills I have are in the bedroom!!The Im great with math and numbers.And I kick ass at NHL07. Only Playstation 2 game i know how to play.

If you work as an accountant from your bedroom for the NHL, you'll probably be better at what you do than anyone in the world.

In shop class I completely tore down a lawnmower engine (don't remember about the carb), cleaned everything, rebuilt it, and it worked....for about 20 seconds, before it was cannibalized for parts. That was after watching my neighbor rebuild a Corvair engine. I only did that once, so that may not qualify as a skill. The metal box I made in shop class came out kind of crooked.But my best skill by far is talking my way out of maybe a dozen traffic tickets in the past 8 years. Rule number one: don't argue with the police officer.

Hrmmm... what are my talents...?

-- I can bounce my boobs
-- I can burp on command
-- I can play the flute, (some) piano, (some) trumpet, and the drums
-- I am unusually great with knives (I collect them as well)
-- I write fantasy, short stories, screen plays, and poetry
-- I have a creepishly large DVD and t-shirt collection
-- I am able to talk my way out of almost any argument
-- I'm a great "shoulder to lean on"
-- I can make light of any situation and make people smile
-- I'm extremlly sarcastic
-- I'm a terrible speller (as if you didn't know!!)
-- I can cook just about anything and I'm a great coffee maker! lol
-- I can wiggle my nose and cross both eyes in a diffrent direction at the same time
-- I can remember almost any line from any movie, commercial, or song I see/hear.
-- I have a frightening memory for useless detail, but a terrible memory for silly things like "where I placed my car keys".

That's all I've got right now lol

I am a great mumI get on well with peopleim a great scout leaderI can put up a tent with 8 children in a storm lolI can give an awesome BJIm a great friend to haveIm a good listenerI can excel at my studies when i put my mind to itI can wear rock boots with a skirt and look good in them loli can work wonders with animalsI can cook for 20 on an open fire in the forest and NOT burn the whole place down YAY me LOLI can be brutally honest with peopleI can design websites I can write fictionI can draw and paintI can make almost anything out of clayI can lift peoples moodsIm great with children and teenagers - generally have a house full of both and most of em not mine!Im a great set of 'eyes' for my daughterI can do the splitsI can organise community events in a short time but make them fantastic for all.Im very confidentI like who i amIm proud to be a witch

-I'm great at visualizing and planning spaces.-I'm a bit of an architectural historian.-I can dance some Latin dances.-I NDN dance. Straight Dance.-Though I am not a tail dancer. I can tail dance quite well.-I can dress in my NDN clothes in 10 minutes, 25 if my wife doesn't help. (It take some novices 45 min. to an hour and that's with help.)-I have a lot of survival skills for being out in nature. They've never had to be put to the test though.-I'm a hell of marksman. Though I detest competitive shooting and don't care that much for hunting (at least not as a "sport" with ATVs and the like).-I can read enough German to understand what's trying to be conveyed, most of the time.-I can get along with any dog or cat. Even mean dogs like me.-I can work cattle. I know how to pull a calf and how to use masticaters.-I can ride a horse and cowboy but am enough of a cowboy to know rattling a sack of cake usually will get the bovines to do what you want.-I'm big enough and can dead-reckon the direction of momentum fast enough to be able to throw off most tackles.-I can drive in snow and on a solid sheet of ice. Most people around here can't do that.-I can fluently understand my native language when it's spoken. I can also speak it though it takes me a little time and I often will mess up the grammatical structure.-I know how to sharpen and hone a knife on a car window.-I have no need to be around or talk to people... If that's a skill.Guess that's about it.

Wow, I learned so many new things about the members here. This is a nice thread.

So what about you, Lish?What are your skills?

Oh, well...I guess I don't have any special skills or interests. :smirk: